The Lakota Leader Who Forced The U.S. Army To Abandon Its Forts — And Won A War Most Americans Never Learned About
This was not a rash decision made in anger.
It was a political calculation.
Red Cloud understood that signing any agreement at a council where American soldiers were already en route to the territory in question would legitimate an outcome he had not agreed to.
Walking out preserved his political position: he had not consented, he had not signed, and he could therefore resist with a clear conscience and a clear political claim.
The council continued after Red Cloud’s departure.
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